Research Analyst - Rural & Projects in Salisbury

This role is office‑based. Savills rural offices are located across the UK, and we are flexible about which local office is designated as your ‘base’. We are a nationally distributed team. We meet in London quarterly and use MS Teams weekly for team meetings. The role will require occasional travel throughout the UK and possibly beyond, involving overnight stays.

The Rural & Projects Research (R&P Research) team covers the UK. The team’s role is to provide market‑leading insights across agriculture, land management, rural property markets, rural policy, and the wider rural economy. The team supports both internal R&P division colleagues and external clients — including farmers, landowners, institutions, and government agencies — through bespoke consultancy, data and policy analysis, market commentary and thought leadership.

The R&P Research team focuses on four key areas of work: policy, data, research and consultancy. As a research analyst in the team you will primarily support our data area of work. You will play a pivotal role in generating Savills insight by collecting, analysing, and interpreting data related to property markets, tenancies, asset performance, land use and agricultural economics. You’ll work collaboratively with researchers, consultants, and stakeholders to deliver high‑quality commentary and insights that shape Savills rural advisory services and publications.

This role reports directly to the Director of R&P Research, Data & Policy Lead.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement data collection methodologies tailored to rural contexts.
• Manage, clean, and analyse datasets (including farmland, forestry, rents, investment performance, and market trends).
• Develop models and conduct statistical analyses to identify and interpret trends in rural property and agriculture, including sensitivity to policy changes.
• Create dashboards, visualisations, and tools for internal and external stakeholders.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams across Savills UK rural offices to interpret data, contribute to reports, and validate findings.
• Present insights clearly to both technical and non‑technical audiences and provide material to colleagues for internal and external presentations.
• Ensure data quality, consistency, compliance with data protection, and ethical standards.
• Identify and implement methods to improve data collection efficiency and support new data sourcing initiatives.
• Working with the Data & Policy Lead, produce the annual GB Farmland Market spotlight report and quarterly commentary.

Engagement

It will be encouraged for you to build internal networks through regional office visits and attending an annual regional strategy day.

Company Responsibilities

Represent the firm and the department across the country in a manner consistent with the firm’s ethos, promoting the firm and its various service lines. To facilitate good communication between all disciplines.

In addition to the tasks described above, the job holder may be required to carry out other duties as may reasonably be required from time to time.

Skills, Knowledge and Experience

You will be experienced in working to maintain superb quality and standards, in line with our business expectations for world‑class consultancy and research.

Essential skills, knowledge and experience

• Degree in a relevant field (e.g., Data Science, Statistics, Geography, Agriculture, Environmental Science).
• Proven experience in data analysis, preferably in rural, environmental, financial, or property research.
• Experience analysing the investment performance of asset classes and projects.
• Proficiency in statistical analysis and data visualisation tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau).
• Strong understanding of quantitative and qualitative research methods.
• Excellent analytical, communication, presentation, and writing skills.
• Ability to identify relevant rural impacts and communicate them by writing articles, blogs and publications.
• Ability to manage multiple projects, prioritise tasks, and work both independently and collaboratively.
• Effectively deal with competing priorities and a broad range of internal and external clients and stakeholders, often with competing demands.
• High attention to detail, quality control, and a proactive approach to problem‑solving.
• Interest in UK agriculture, rural property, rural policy, and the rural economy.
• You must be IT literate, able to use Microsoft Word, Excel, Power BI, PowerPoint, Planner, and Outlook.

Desirable skills, knowledge and experience

• Experience with geospatial data (GIS) is highly desirable.
• Experienced user of AI.
• Experience in property market analysis and/or agricultural economics.
• Experience with relational databases.

Assessment

Two‑stage process with an initial MS Teams interview and then a final face‑to‑face interview, including a presentation. Personality profile.

What we offer you

• Career and Professional Development
• 25‑30 Days Annual Leave, depending on grade
• Life Assurance
• Private Medical Scheme
• Virtual GP
• Global Mobility Scheme
• Rewards Platform
• Company Pension Scheme
• Enhanced Incremental Annual Leave

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Recruitment agencies

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